87.
Janine Natalya Clark,
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Ecological Connectivity: Implications for International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice, 2020.12.21,
https://academic.oup.com/jicj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jicj/mqaa057/6042607?searchresult=1 .
This interdisciplinary article reflects on the significance of the pandemic through a focus on the key concept of ecological connectivity. Examining the pandemic through the lens of ecological connectivity, the article also theorizes it (and zoonotic diseases more generally) as a violation of this connectivity. Its key argument is that war crimes and human rights violations can themselves be viewed, in part, as violations of ecological connectivity. This theorization, in turn, provides a novel basis for thinking about the wider ecological dimensions and legacies of war crimes and gross violations of human rights, and, by extension, the potential role of international criminal law and transitional justice in helping to restore damaged connectivities through a relational approach to justice.
86.
Nicolas Paleiron, Aurélie Mayet, etc.,
Impact of Tobacco Smoking on the risk of COVID-19.A large scale retrospective cohort study, 2021.01.09,
https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab004 .
The group investigated the association between smoking and COVID-19 during an outbreak of the disease on a naval vessel and found that further research on nicotine physiological pathway was needed and its impact on COVID-19 infection whilst emphasizing that tobacco smoking should not be considered as an efficient protection against COVID-19.
85.
Eun Young Choi, Mateo P Farina, etc.,
COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures and Loneliness Among Older Adults, 2021.01.11,
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab009 .
This study investigates (1) whether social distancing measures, particularly limiting close social interactions, are associated with loneliness among older adults, and (2) whether the association between social distancing measures and loneliness is moderated by sociodemographic characteristics. The study suggests that efforts should be made to help older adults maintain social connectedness with close others by virtual communication methods and calls special attention to vulnerable groups at elevated risks of loneliness, emphasizing the need for tailored interventions.
84.
Miriam Verhage, Lucia Thielman, etc.,
Coping of Older Adults in Times of Covid-19: Considerations of Temporality Among Dutch Older Adults, 2021.01.10,
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab008 .
This study explore how Dutch older adults view COVID-19 pandemic and cope with measures to contribute to our understanding of coping of older adults in general and during disaster situations more specifically. Their findings stress the importance of acknowledging heterogeneity among older adults and adjusting communication about mitigation measures to decrease insecurity and increase resonance. This may make COVID-19 mitigation measures more manageable and age-responsible and allow older adults to start living again.
83.
Andrés Losada-Baltar, José Ángel Martínez-Huertas, etc.,
Longitudinal correlates of loneliness and psychological distress during the lockdown situation due to COVID-19 Effects of age and self-perceptions of aging, 2021.01.13,
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab012 .
This study finds that in a stressful situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults may be more resilient to adverse mental health outcomes by using more adaptive resources that strengthen their resilience. Support is provided for the importance of stereotyped views of the aging process that, independently of chronological age, may put people at risk of suffering adverse mental health outcomes such as loneliness and psychological distress in times of crisis.
82.
Hirad Abtahi,
The International Criminal Court during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.12.21,
https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa058 .
This article illustrates the measures taken by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure the continuation of its activities since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and by adapting itself to the evolving nature of COVID-19 — and reactions to the virus — the ICC will ensure that it remains resilient in the face of this unprecedented global sanitary crisis.
81.
Feng Jiang, Chuanyu Xie,
Roles of Chinese Police Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.12.28,
https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaa071, .
This article provides an overview of frontier issues of policing in China by examining the roles of police during the pandemic. It starts with a short introduction to the challenges and overall performance of China in keeping social order in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Then, it outlines four major missions the Chinese police have pursued, each with a sketch of what has been done and how law enforcement officials have managed to achieve their goals. It follows with a further insight into their strategies in social control in connection with the latest reforms on policing. Finally, it concludes briefly with features of Chinese policing.
80.
Ş Esra Kiraz, Esra Yıldız Üstün,
COVID-19 and force majeure clauses: an examination of arbitral tribunal’s awards, 2020.12.29,
https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unaa027 .
This article aims to reveal how COVID-19 will be assessed in terms of force majeure and the possible attitudes of arbitral tribunals towards these cases. This assessment is undertaken in light of force majeure clauses laid under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, and the International Chamber of Commerce’s 2020 Force Majeure Clause.
79.
Sara Tedeschi, Lorenzo Badia, etc.,
Effective containment of a COVID-19 sub-regional outbreak in Italy, through strict quarantine and rearrangement of local healthcare services, 2021.01.19,
https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab024 .
This study describes a sub-regional outbreak of COVID-19 occurred in Emilia Romagna Region, Italy, and the intervention undertaken to successfully control it and concludes that it has been possible to control a COVID-19 outbreak by prompt recognition and implementation of a targeted local intervention.
78.
Sander L Gilman,
Placing the Blame for Covid-19 in and on Ultra-Orthodox Communities, 2020.12.30,
https://doi.org/10.1093/mj/kjaa021 .
This article mentions a number of historical and sociological problems associated with blaming collectives for the origin or transmission of infectious disease during COVID-19. The default example of the false accusation has been the case of the fourteenth century charge of well poisoning against the Jews of Western Europe causing the pandemic of the Black Death. Yet querying group actions in times of pandemics is not solely one of rebutting false attributions. What happens when a collective is at fault and how does the collective respond to the simultaneous burden of both false, stereotypical accusations and appropriate charges of culpability? The case study here is of Haredi communities and the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19.
Chinese Society of International Law, in association with Chinese Institute of International Law at China Foreign Affairs University, and National Center for Foreign-related Rule of Law Research at China Foreign Affairs University
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